<p>The City is of Night; perchance of Death…</p><p>James “B.V.” Thomson (1834–1882) – poet, journalist, translator, anarchist, atheist – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 23 Nov, in Port Glasgow. Best known for his long poem THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT, he influenced TS Eliot & is seen as a progenitor of Modernism </p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://psychogeographicreview.com/the-city-of-dreadful-night/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="psychogeographicreview.com/the-city-of-dreadful-night/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">psychogeographicreview.com/the</span><span class="invisible">-city-of-dreadful-night/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/modernism/" rel="tag">#modernism</a> <a href="/tags/tseliot/" rel="tag">#TSEliot</a></p>
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<p>The City is of Night; perchance of Death…</p><p>James “B.V.” Thomson (1834–1882) – poet, journalist, translator, anarchist, atheist – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 23 Nov, in Port Glasgow. Best known for his long poem THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT, he influenced TS Eliot & is seen as a progenitor of Modernism </p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://psychogeographicreview.com/the-city-of-dreadful-night/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="psychogeographicreview.com/the-city-of-dreadful-night/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">psychogeographicreview.com/the</span><span class="invisible">-city-of-dreadful-night/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thCentury</a> <a href="/tags/modernism/" rel="tag">#modernism</a> <a href="/tags/tseliot/" rel="tag">#TSEliot</a></p>